beauty

Korean Beauty Secret

Korean beauty products have become all the rage, and my friend Karen in HK has her own store selling them, called Korean Beauty Secret. She started with a tiny, tiny store, and then gradually, as her products became more popular, she upgraded into larger and larger spaces until finally this year she opened two new specially-designed stores inside shopping malls.

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The original logo I created for KBS had a lady with a flower on her head, and then I added another lady with a spotty ribbon, who took over as the main logo image. I used the flower lady to create an illustration for KBS postcards and mailers, which has now been used on the store hoarding, and instore, on picture walls.

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Here’s a detail of the lady in gold foil stamping on pink, that was used on a large paper shopping bag, and some pink satin ribbons.

This is one of the newly opened stores - you can see my illustration on the wall behind the cashier, and the revamped logo above the door.

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Hope the brand continues its success from here!

tmtplaza beauty promotion

I recently designed an exclusive butterfly and peony pattern for a jewellery box for tmtplaza in Hong Kong, for their spring beauty promotion.boxblogI was asked to create something feminine and elegant, to match with this season's beauty products and cosmetics.tmt promo picThe illustration started out as pencil sketches of peonies in pale colours, with detailed monochrome butterflies and shadows.peony butterfly testThis then gradually turned into a more colourful solid background with smaller butterflies...test 2...and I then developed the butterflies into more colourful versions, with stronger patterns and outlines. I chose a limited colour palette of pinks and greens to give the feminine feeling a contemporary twist.butterfliesI tried more detailed peonies, in richer colours...peonies colour 2...but in the end it went with the paler, more loosely-drawn flowers and more fully detailed butterflies. tmtplaza artwork bottomIf you spend over HK$1,500 at the mall, from 23 April, you can get my box as a VIP gift, while stocks last! Hurry!